Assessment of brain activity during voluntary anal sphincter contraction: Comparative study in women with and without fecal incontinence.

David ParesM Martínez-VilaltaH OrtizC Soriano-MasY Maestre-GonzalezJ PujolL Grande

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

This brain fMRI-anorectal protocol was able to map the brain regions linked to voluntary anal sphincter function in healthy and women with fecal incontinence.

Keyphrases

resting state
urinary incontinence
functional connectivity
white matter
high grade
randomized controlled trial
cerebral ischemia
smooth muscle
blood brain barrier
subarachnoid hemorrhage